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INDIAN CLUB 
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Copyright. 1895, hy Fitch Bros. 



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PREFACE. 

Perhaps the fact that Indian club movements 
may be combined in almost endless variety ac- 
counts for the fact that, so far as the writer knows, 
no publication giving such combinations in pro- 
gram or continuous series, is on the market. Such 
a program must at best be largely suggestive — 
putting the student, rather, in the way of forming 
his own combinations than exhausting the subject 
for him — and it is as such suggestion that the 
author hopes the following pages will fill a v/ant 
of which he himself, at least, was quite conscious 
when the "poetry" of the Indian club exercise 
first led him to become a disciple of the art. 



DEFINITIONS AND PRELIMINARY 
STATEMENTS. 

Although, as has been stated, there is no lack 
of variety to4he combinations of which the Indian 
club movement is capable, the elemental move- 
ments themselves are comparatively few in num- 
ber. Those principally used in the following 
programs are herewith defined, and will here- 
after be known by the symbols accompanying 
their several definitions in parentheses. The 
movement is defined as executed with the right 
hand ; the. corresponding movement with the left 
hand will of course need no explanation. 

Outer Frojit Circle (O). — A circle described 
with the shoulder as a center and the arm and 
club, extended in a straight line, as a radius, 
passing over to the right and under to the left, 
in front of the body. 

Inner Front Circle (I). —The same circle ex- 
ecuted in the opposite direction. 

(hiter Back Circle (Q).— A small circle de- 
scribed with the hand, as a somewhat movable 
center, operating slightly to the right of the 



shoulder, and the club, as a radius, passing over 
to the right and under to the left, behind the 
back. 

Imie7^Back Circle (J). — The same circle (except 
that the hand passes more to the left, carrying the 
arm directly over the shoulder) executed in the 
opposite direction. 

Oute)^ Lowe7^Fro7tt Circle {OV.) and hiner Lower 
Frcmt Circ/e{lL) . — Small circles (whose directions 
are indicated in preceding paragraphs) described 
with the hand as a center, extended downward 
at arm's length and held squarely in front of the 
body. 

Outer Upper Front Circle {0\]) and Iniier Upper 
Front Circle (lU). —Small circles described with 
the hand as a center, held in front of the face. 

Otiter Lower Back Circle (OB) and Inner Lower 
Back Circle (IB). — Small circles described with 
the hand as a center, held squarely in rear of the 
body at the small of the back. (This is a diffi- 
cult motion and will require considerable prac- 
tice. ) 

Moulinet (M). — A small circle described in 
a vertical plane at right angles to tlie front or 
back of the body, with the hand as a center, held 



(unlessotherwise indicated) more or less advanced, 
as may be required, in front of the shoulder, the 
club passing over to the front and under toward 
the rear. 

The right hand will be designated by ''r"; 
the left hand by * ' 1 " ; both hands by " b ". Thus, 
"Or" means the Outer Front Circle with the 
right hand; " Jb " the Inner Back Circle with 
both hands (the clubs crossing each other). 

The word "correspondent" will be under- 
stood to mean the same motion or series of mo- 
tions executed on or toward the opposite side of 
the body. Thus, " Or and H" is the correspond- 
ent of " Ol and Ir. " 

Some slight modifications of the movements 
above defined will not infrequently be found nec- 
essary in combining one with another, but the 
modification, it is believed, where not defined will 
be apparent. 

The programs here given are divided off into 
measures of eight counts each, the heavier head- 
ing numeral indicating the measure, and the light- 
er ones at the beginnings of the paragraphs the 
counts. 



TWO-HAND SEHIES. 



P erf 07^ 11167' in position.- — Body erect; clubs, 
pointing vertically upward, grasped by hands at 
handles a few inches in front of the shoulders ; 
elbows down. 

1. 

No movement. 

2. 

I to 4. No movement. 

5. Mb. 

6. Jb. 

7. Bring the clubs to the front, pointing ver- 
tically upward, and tap them — hands a little above 
and in front of the head. 

8. Ql and Jr. 

3. 

1. Throw clubs over to the left, with arms 
extended, and swing them down in front of the 
ibody until they are both extended horizontally 
:o the right. 

2. Swing them back until they both extend 
lorizontally to the left. 

3 to 8. Continue this pendulum movement 
•hroiigh the measure, one swing to each count. 



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5. 

Turn the body slightly to the left in this measure, executing 

the movennents in the same planes as before. I 

I to 7. Q\ and Ir, each count. 
8. 01 and Ir, concluding with clubs extended 
horizontally to the right. 

6. 

This measure is the correspondent of the pre- 
ceding. 

7. 

01 and Ir each count, ending as in Measure 5. ' 
8. 

The correspondent of the preceding, except 
that on the last count care should be taken to 
elevate the clubs preparator}^ to executing the 
next movement. 

9. 

1 to 7. 01 and Jr, each count. 
8. The correspondent of 8 in preceding meas- 
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10. 

The correspondent of the preceding, except 
that clubs are horizontal at the conclusion of the 
measure. 

11. 

1 . Turn far enough to left (for this count only) 
to execute Mb — in same planes as other circles. 

2 to 8. 01 and Ir alternating with Ql and Jr. 

12. 

1 to 8. Ql and Jr alternating with Ol and Jr. 

j 13. 
I I. Ql and Jr. 

2. Ql and Ir. 
3- Ql and Jr. 
4. 01 and Jr. 

5 to 8. Repeat the preceding four. 

14. 

^ I to 8. Ql and Jr alternating with Ol and Ir. 
15 to 18. 

I These measures are the correspondent of the 
' >receding four, except that clubs should be ele- 
s- ' ated some little above the horizontal at conclu- 
ion of last measure. 



1. Right club pendulums to the right; left 
club parallels behind the back, left arm passing t 
over the head, and crosses over right to the a 
front, clubs being elevated (as before) at conclu- n 
sion of movement. 

2. The correspondent of the preceding. 
3 to 8. Continue the preceding two. 

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20. I 

Left hand alternates Q and O through this i 
measure; right hand pendulums to the right and ^ 
there commences corresponding series, execut- 
ing Q while the left hand is executing O, and 
7)ersa. At conclusion of measure let left 
club be passing over the head, pointing horizon- 
tally to the right. 

21. 

I. Drop left club behind the head in pendu- 
lum movement to the left, concluding with arm 
and club extended in horizontal line; right club 
at the same time executing the correspondent of 
8 in preceding measure. (Be careful to bring 
the point of the left club squarely up from be- ip 
neath in this movement, and not throw it over )f 
the hand or out at the side.) 



2. The correspondent of the preceding. 

3 to 8. Continue the preceding two, except 
that on 8th count right club executes J, passing 
around to front of left club at conclusion of move- 
ment. 

22. 

Through this measure right club executes I 
and J alternately, while left club executes J and 
I I alternately. 

j, 23. 

[ Right club executes M and J alternately, while 
left club executes J and M alternately. 

24. 

I Jb and lb alternately. 

25. 

Jb and Mb alternately. 

26. 

Jb each count. 

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b 

,i; I. Mb. 

2. Same as preceding, except that clubs come 
g,. ip on the inside of, or between, the arms, instead 
g^: 'f outside. 

3 to 8. Continue the preceding two. 



28. 



1. Mb. 

2. Pendulum the clubs to the rear (without 
lowering the hands). 

3 and 4. The reverse of i and 2, clubs ex- 
tending horizontally to the front at the conclu- 
sion of 4, the hands somewhat advanced. 

5 and 6. Mb each count. 

7. Pendulum to rear, hands turning to inside 
and passing to arm-pits, clubs swinging well up 
behind. 

8. Pendulum to front. 

29. 

1. Mb. 

2. Same as 2 of 27, except that clubs pass 
over arms, just above same, to the outside, at 
the conclusion of the movement. 

3. Pendulum to the front. 

4. Mb. 

5 and 6. Same as 7 and 8 of preceding meas- 
ure. 

7. Mb. 

8. Same as the left-hand movement of i, in 
21, and its correspondent. 



30. 

Ob and Qb alternately, right club uppermost 
on last count, left club halting when pointing 
horizontally to the right. 

31. 

This measure is the same as 21, except that 
each hand, as it reaches its lowest position in 
front of the body, executes OL, and, as it passes 
down behind the head, executes J, the OL of 
either club occurring simultaneously with the J 
of the other. 

32. 

The same as the preceding, except that on 
the last count left club pendulums full to the 
right. 

33. 

I and 2. Or and II, with OLr and ILl on the 
way. 

3. Qr and Jl. 

4 to 6. Repeat the preceding three. 

7. Or and II. 

8. Mb (as in 1 of 1 1). 

34. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 



35. 

I and 2. Both clubs pendulum simultaneous- 
ly to the left, left club in front of the body, exe- 
cuting IL in passage, and the right club behind 
the back, executing OB in passage. 

3 and 4. The exact reverse of the preceding 
two. 

5 to 8. Repeat the preceding four, the clubs 
rising on the 8th count into Ir and Ol. 

36. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 
37. 

1. Or and Jl. 

2. Qr and lUl. 

3 to 8. Continue the preceding two, except 
that 8th count is OUr and lUl, both clubs halt- 
ing when pointing horizontally to the left. 

38. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 
39. 

1. Qr and Jl. 

2. OUr and lUl. 

3 to 8. Continue the preceding two, ending 
as in Measure 37. 



40. 

The correspondent of the preceding, except 
that there is no halting of right club at the end 
of the measure. 

41. 

Throughout this measure right club executes 
J and lU alternately, while left club executes lU 
and J alternately, clubs halting on last count, 
left club pointing horizontally to the left, right 
club horizontally to the right. 

42. 

Throughout this measure right club executes 
Q and OU alternately while left club executes OU 
and Q alternately, left club at the conclusion of 
the measure passing over the head and rising 
into the next movement. 

43. 

In this measure the left club executes I and 
J alternately while the right club executes Q and 
O alternately, the movement halting on the last 
count as the left club is passing slowly up the 
left and the right club slowly down the right. 
(This movement is called "The Windmill," and 
is one of the prettiest in the whole series of Indian 
club exercises. It will be found necessary, in ex- 



ecuting it, to follow the "inner" club a little 
more closely with the other than is indicated 
above, in order to keep the clubs from colliding 
over the head. The efTect of this movement ma}^ 
be heightened somewhat by retarding the count 
occasionally.) 

44. 

Reverse the preceding movement (beginning 
slowly) — timing it so that counts 2 to 8 will be 
the correspondent of counts 2 to 8 of the pre- 
ceding measure. 

45. 

I to 4. The correspondent of i, 2, 7 and 8 of 
the preceding measure. 

5 to 8. The correspondent of the preceding 
four. 

46 

Oscillate the clubs through short and grad- 
ually lessening arcs, until they rest, about the 
middle of the measure, pointing horizontally in 
opposite directions. Allow them to remain sta- 
tionary until the 8th count, when they execute 
Qb, arms still extended. 

47. 

I. Left hand movement same as in 2 of 21 ; 
right hand movement its correspondent. 



2. Jb, arms and clubs extended vertically 
upward at conclusion of the movement. 

3 to 8. Cause the hands to describe two par- 
allel semi-circles to the front (shoulders as cen- 
ters, arms as radii) executing Mb at the beginning 
of each one-sixth of the distance traversed. 

48. 

1 . Mb, with the hands extended straight down- 
ward at the sides. 

2. Same as the preceding, except that the clubs 
come up between the arms and sides. 

3 and 4. Repeat the preceding two. 

5. Pendulum the clubs to the rear and tap 
them behind the back. 

6. Pendulum the clubs to the front and toss 
them upward with a whirl, the handles passing 
under to the front and over toward the rear. 

7. Catch clubs and execute Mb. 

8. Pendulum the clubs up under the arms, 
press the arms down over them and hold them 
there. 



ONE-HflNC) SERIES. 

(This makes a very pretty encore movement.) 

In tossing the club endeavor to make it pre- 
serve its horizontality during its ascent from and 
return to the hand. 

A "whirl " of the club will be understood to 
mean a single revolution, in which the handle 
passes under away from the hand and over toward 
the hand. 

Perfivnie}' in position, — Club in right hand, 
held as at beginning of two-hand series. 

1. 

1. Q, ending with club held squarely over the 
head, pointing upward. 

2. I, ending with club pointing horizontally 
to the right. 

3. Pendulum to the left, behind the shoul- 
der, (without lowering the hand), ending as in 
Count I. 

4 to 6. Continue this series. 

7. Pendulum to left (as in 3) and execute Q. 

8. O, ending with club extended horizontally 
to the left, where it is grasped by the left hand, 



2. 

This measure is the correspondent of the pre- 
ceding, with the exception of the slight apparent 
difference on first count, and of the execution of 
O in full on last count. 

3. 

1. Jr (notice the change of hands). 

2. Ql. 

3. Ol. 

4 to 6. Repeat the preceding three, club ex- 
tending horizontally to the right at conclusion 
of last count. 

7. Qr (as in 3 of I ). 

8. Or. 

4. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 
5. 

I and 2. Same as i and 2 of 3, ending with 
club passing over the head, extended horizon- 
tally to the right. 

3. Drop the club downward and to the left, 
concluding as in I. 

4 to 6. The correspondent of the preceding 
three. 

7 and 8. Continue the preceding series. 



6. 

Continue the preceding series. 

7. 

1 to 7. Qr alternating with JL 

8. Or, ending with club extended to the left, 
somewhat above the horizontal, where it is grasped 
by the left hand. 

8. 

The correspondent of the preceding, except 
that club is horizontal at conclusion of meas- 
ure. 

9. 

I. Q (as in 3 of 1). 

2 and 3. Pendulum to the left, executing OL 
on the way, and ending with club pointing hor- 
izontally to the left, hand in position for the next 
movement. 

4. lU. 

5. Pendulum to the right. 

6. Q (as in 3 of i). 

7 and 8. Pendulum to the left behind the 
back, executing OB on the way, and grasping 
club with left hand as it rises. 

10. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 



11 and 12. 
Repeat the preceding two. 

13. 

1. Pendulum to the left, and toss. 

2. Catch club in left hand and execute Q. 

3 and 4. The correspondent of the preceding 
two. 

5 to 8. Repeat the preceding four. 

14. 

The same as the preceding measure, except 
that the club is whirled instead of being tossed. 

15. 

The same as 13, except that the hand passes 
behind the back instead of in front. 

16. 

The same as the preceding, except that the 
club is whirled instead of being tossed. 

17. 

1 . Same as i of 15. 

2. Catch in right hand and pendulum to the 
right. 

3 to 6. Continue the preceding two. 
7 and 8. Same as i and 2 of 15. 



18. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 
19 and 20. 

The same as 17 and 18, except that club is 
whirled instead of being tossed. 

21. 

1. Pendulum to the left and toss over shoul- 
der. 

2. Catch with right hand, passed behind the 
back, and pendulum to the right. 

J, to 6. Continue the preceding two. 
7 and 8. Same as i and 2 of 13. 

22. 

The correspondent of the preceding. 
23 and 24. 

The same as 21 and 22, except that club is 
whirled instead of being tossed. 

25. 

1. Pendulum to the left, club at conclusion 
of movement passing over the head, extended 
horizontally to the left. 

2. J. ' 

3. M. 

4. Pendulum to the rear and pass to left hand. 



5- Pendulum to the front — aquarter of acircle 
beyond the horizontal, allowing the club to in- 
cline to the right as the movement is completed. 

6 to 8. The correspondent of 2 to 4. 

26. 

1. Pendulum to the front and double-whirl. 

2. Catch and pendulum to the rear. 
3 to 8. Continue the preceding tw^o. 

27. 

I. Same as i of the preceding, except that 
the swing is inclined to the left at the conclu- 
sion of the movement. 

• 2 to 8. The correspondent of 2 to 8, of the 
preceding. 

28. 

Alternate the double-whirl to the right and 
then to the left. 

29. 

1. Pendulum to the front and whirl, so that 
handle will descend between the arm and side. 

2. Catch with right hand, passed behind the 
back, and pendulum to the rear and right. 

3 and 4. The correspondent of the preceding 
two. 

5 to 8. Repeat the preceding four. 



30. 

1. Pendulum to the front. 

2. M. 

3. Pendulum to the rear — turning the hand 
to the inside and carrying it (without lowering) 
to the arm-pit — and whirl club over the "shoul- 
der and well to the front. 

4. Catch club, pendulum to the rear and pass 
to the right hand. 

5 to 8. The correspondent of the preceding- 
four, except that on last count performer and 
club, at the catch, should be in position as at 
the beginning of Measure i. 



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